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Is there a word which means "willingness to believe"? ......
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July 01, 2003 06:44
And finally, one for the Brits
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Found this on Wikipedia, which claims it is British usage. Do we Brits believe it? Sounds very unl......
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June 26, 2003 17:57
Another Wikipedia question
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Would a typical American know what a "fortnight" is?...
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June 26, 2003 17:50
Apostrophe again, sorry.
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I'm trying to edit the Wikipedia entry on the apostrophe, and am having a bit of a to-do with a (Bri......
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June 26, 2003 17:19
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June 24, 2003 18:31
RE: Tamp down
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June 03, 2003 01:35
RE: Epicaricacy
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Never come across it here, Kalleh, so I think it's a word which has died out....
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May 22, 2003 04:10
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Back to US/UK differences again. Most American writing causes me no problems -- the differences in ......
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May 16, 2003 04:00
Shion
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How many words in English end in "shion" do you think? Roughly? (And no cheating with crossword pr......
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May 15, 2003 17:53
Smugness
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Having (in another thread) excoriated the U.S. for smugness, I have to now confess to a British usag......
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May 14, 2003 02:52
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It's generally good advice in clear writing to avoid negatives, especially double ones. Rather than......
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May 13, 2003 04:36
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What does this mean to you? Like the cords/chords thing, I know what it means to me, but doubt has ......
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May 07, 2003 20:04
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Vocal chords or vocal cords? I prefer cords, but I feel I'm in a minority....
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May 04, 2003 17:52
RE: I've been wrong all my life!
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And ......
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August 04, 2004 06:32
RE: I've been wrong all my life!
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Back on CJ's original point, several words are not quite what you'd expect: ......
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August 04, 2004 06:26
RE: Dirty words (politicaly speaking)
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July 29, 2004 13:54
RE: Dirty words (politicaly speaking)
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It wasn't quite Voltaire, though. The thought was his, but the words are those of his biographer, a......
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July 29, 2004 13:44
RE: "which" vs. "that"
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Actually, this is (even) more interesting than I thought. The ......
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July 28, 2004 03:19
RE: "which" vs. "that"
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Well, I'm rather pleased. Seems I wasn't so far out (A cricketing idiom?) after all. The sainted M......
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July 28, 2004 03:05
RE: "which" vs. "that"
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